The Castle of Batavia by Andries Beeckman (?-1664) oil on canvas, 1661. The market of Batavia, with the fortress of the Dutch East India Company in the background. There are Javanese selling fruit, a Chinaman selling fish and Mollucans kicking a rattan ball. The market public includes Japanese, Indonesians, freed slaves recognizable by their striped clothes) and a Dutch-Indonesian couple with their slave carrying a parasol. The painting hung in the assembly room of the Oost-Indisch Huis in Amsterdam.
The Castle of Batavia by Andries Beeckman (?-1664) oil on canvas, 1661. The market of Batavia, with the fortress of the Dutch East India Company in the background. There are Javanese selling fruit, a Chinaman selling fish and Mollucans kicking a rattan ball. The market public includes Japanese, Indonesians, freed slaves recognizable by their striped clothes) and a Dutch-Indonesian couple with their slave carrying a parasol. The painting hung in the assembly room of the Oost-Indisch Huis in Amsterdam.
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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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